DEU Maritime Faculty is the first higher education institution established under the name of the School of Maritime Business and Management within the body of Dokuz Eylül University in 1982 for maritime education in Izmir, and its main purpose is to meet the qualified manpower needs of the Turkish maritime sector. The institution was transformed into the Maritime Faculty by the decision of the Council of Ministers on 31.10.2009. The education language of the faculty is English and there is a compulsory English preparatory class. The Faculty has been holding the ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certificate approved by the Italian-based certification society RINA since 2002.

At the Council of Higher Education General Assembly meeting dated 10.03.2006, it was decided to admit students to the Marine Engineering of the School of Maritime Business and Management at Dokuz Eylül University in the 2006-2007 academic year, to open a compulsory English preparatory class, and to make the language of instruction English. The training plan includes the requirements of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) A-III/1 and A-III/2 within the scope of engineering discipline.

Graduates receive the title of “Marine Engineer,” and those who succeed in the Oceangoing Watchkeeping Engineering exam organized by the Seafarers Exam Center of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye, are entitled to work on national and international trade ships with the qualification of “Oceangoing Watchkeeping Engineer”.

In 2019, the department became the first maritime department to be accredited by MÜDEK (Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs).

Within the body of Dokuz Eylül University, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, there are Maritime Transportation Systems Engineering Master’s and Doctorate programs in the Marine Engineering Department.